If we refuse to forgive others, we need to ask ourselves the question: have I really been saved myself? Have I truly been forgiven by God? One of the evidences that we are a child of God is that we do forgive others. And if we struggle to forgive others, we need to remind ourselves of the enormous debt God has forgiven us. Will you do that?
Author: John Johnstone
Life-changing faith
God grace extends far beyond the boundaries of Israel, at this would become so clear on the Day of Pentecost. The church of Jesus is an international church.
God’s gracious provision
We need to have faith in the Lord; He loves providing for us in unexpected ways. We can look back and see how God has delivered parcels of grace at desperate points of our lives. And we can be certain that if the Lord still has work for us to do, then he will continue to preserve us and keep us, until such a time as he takes us to glory.
Prayer focus
We can only marvel at the dimensions of God’s love. It is so broad that it encompasses men and women, rich and poor, and all the nationalities of the world. It is so long that it is a love which predates the existence of the earth, and will go on, unbroken, into eternity. It is so high, that it will take us up to Heaven one day. And it is so deep that Jesus was willing to stoop down and come into this earth to save the worst of sinners like us.
Exodus
At home, at work and in church, take your impossible situations and bring them to God in prayer, knowing that he loves to display his glory in our lives.
We don’t face troubles on our own. ‘The Lord will fight for you; you need only to be still.’ (Exodus 14:14)
Rising from the depths…
Are you ashamed of things you have done in your life? Are you ashamed of squeezing God out of your life and living apart from him? There is hope for you. God’s grace is greater than all our sins. Why not come to him in prayer right now, in the quietness of your own hearts, and confess your sin, and wait for the dawn to break, which it surely will.
Making the right evaluation
Sometimes we look at something and assess its value and we get it totally wrong. You can get it wrong about a second-hand car, and that’s not the end of the world. But if we get it wrong about Jesus, we’ll ignore the only one who can forgive our sins. We’ll ignore the one who, in love, offers himself to us.
The grace and mercy of God
‘Your guilt is taken away and your sin atoned for.’ Wouldn’t you like to hear those words from God today? You can! It is possible right now to experience it if we admit our guilt and cry out to God to clean us.
We are broken by sin, but renewed by the atoning work of God, and commissioned with the Great Commission, to tell everyone that we have good news for them.
The eternal King
Sometimes we watch the news and it is so depressing. Or we get discouraged praying for situations and not really seeing much change. But, Jesus is still on the throne. He is working all things for our good. He reigns with unlimited authority and unlimited power. Let’s entrust ourselves to King Jesus.
Meeting Jesus…
Jesus loves to strengthen the weak. He walks with them and using the Bible, fortifies their faith. If you’re going through times of distress then know this, Jesus himself will meet with us, not in the pages of an ordinary book, but in the living and powerful Word of God. That’s where we meet Jesus. That’s where we will find what we need, whether we realise it or not.